Mahina met Pam at her new job and immediately they bonded over wedding planning. Pam was getting married on July 4th, so both were in the final stages of planning their wedding. As the weddings got closer, we both invited each other to our weddings. Having just got back from our honeymoon, Mahina and I were looking forward to being on the "other side" of a wedding and seeing things from a guest's perspective.In our anxiousness to be good guests, … [Read more...]

We were in denial, being back in Barbados meant the beginning of the end of our honeymoon. The cruise had been absolutely incredible and we have so many fond memories of all the islands and shore excursions. But, back on Barbados we still had a lot of adventures in front of us. Mahina had finally been convinced that renting a car and exploring the island on our own was the best way to spend our remaining time in Barbados. So, the day before our … [Read more...]

Dominica was the first time we got rained on. We had chosen to do the Dominica's Favorites tour which would take us to Trafalgar Falls, through Roseau, a Botanical gardens, Emerald Pools and the Springfield Plantation guest house. Our tour took us through a rain forest so it was fitting that it would be raining while we were there. Luckily, our tour was one of the only ones that still ran despite the rain. Trafalgar falls was absolutely stunning. … [Read more...]

The US Virgin Islands are absolutely majestic and the harbor was filled with more yachts than you could count. We started our morning by taking a tram ride to Paradise Point and soaked in the panoramic views of the island.Afterwords we got the idea to rent a scooter and explore the island but most places only rented by the day and we were scheduled for our BOSS adventure later in the afternoon, so instead, we just walked around and enjoyed port … [Read more...]

Our stop in Puerto Rico brought us back into the US and left us with an entire day to ourselves on the island. Puerto Rico is the main stop on our cruise where about 98% of the passengers embarking/disembarking each week (the rest, like us, join the cruise from Barbados). The downside to this meant that as far as shore excursions went there were none. But, six days into our honeymoon we were exhausted and used the day to catch up on our sleep and … [Read more...]

Free WiFi! St. Kitts was the first chance Mahina and I had to get on the internet and see what was going on in the world around us. Not that we were unhappy being disconnected from the world and on our honeymoon, but it was just nice to go online and check our email, facebook, etc. Mahina had an especially fun time with the WiFi as she was trying to email back and forth with our family as our ship was pulling out of port and our connection was … [Read more...]

Antigua was a blast. The shore excursion we chose was called "Mini Boats and Hidden Beaches." Basically, each couple, and there were only five, were given a motorized 10 foot dingy. We spent the morning blasting around the bay following our guide as he showed us the different outlying land mases of Antigua. We made our way to a secluded part of the island that was only accessible by water and found a nice cove to stop and swim. The water in … [Read more...]